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In September 2021, AMERSA launched a 10-episode podcast series, AMERSA People & Passion, that explores the world of substance use education, research, care and policy. The podcast is sponsored by the ATTC Network and hosted by AMERSA then-Executive Director Doreen Baeder (who retired in December 2021). Seven of the episodes feature subject matter experts across a variety of topics. The remaining three episodes are focused around “legacy interviews” with Richard Saitz, MD, MPH; Marianne Marcus, EdD, RN; and Sidney H. Schnoll, MD, PhD — who all shared their experiences as AMERSA members and discussed the history of the organization.
The ATTC Network Office spoke with Rebecca Northup, AMERSA Executive Director, about the vision behind the People & Passion Podcast.
Published: March 9, 2022
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By Greg Grisolano, for the ATTC Network.
Opioid overdose deaths among older Americans are roughly 11 times greater in 2019 than in 1999, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open on January 11.
The study’s authors are: Maryann Mason, PhD, Department of Emergency Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics, Northwestern University, Chicago; Rebekah Soliman, an undergraduate student at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Evanston, Illinois; Howard S. Kim, MD, MS, Department of Emergency Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics, as well as the Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research at the Feinberg School and an associate editor of JAMA Network Open; and Lori Ann Post, PhD, of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Feinberg School of Medicine, Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics, Northwestern University.
The cross-sectional study found nearly 80,000 Americans aged 55 and older died of opioid overdoses in the last 21 years. Of those, 79.97% were between the ages of 55 and 64, and nearly 60% were men.
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Published: March 9, 2022
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Alcohol use disorder is a significant public health problem, yet treatments demonstrate only modest efficacy.
Because those individuals diagnosed with alcohol use disorder exhibit considerable heterogeneity in terms of clinical presentation as well as patterns of consumption, profiles of risk (e.g., family history of alcohol-related problems, age of first drink), alcohol-related consequences, and patterns of comorbid psychopathology, it is unlikely that a single treatment approach will be best for all individuals with alcohol use disorder.
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Published: April 1, 2022
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Aware of the health disparities reported in Native communities, we feared this pandemic would hit these communities hard. We decided to increase our efforts to listen to our colleagues and initiated weekly listening sessions for BH professionals.
In April 2020, the National AI/AN TTCs began providing myriad special virtual events across our departments (PTTC, ATTC, MHTTC, TOR, and K-12) inviting American Indian and Alaskan Native tribes from around the country to connect with colleagues, peers, and others, to share their experience, strength, and hope in the ominous shadow of a worldwide pandemic.
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Published: May 1, 2022
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Fear of “saying the wrong thing,” of “offending,” because providers don’t know the right word(s) to say, is a consistent theme that emerges during every LGBTQIA-focused training I’ve ever facilitated.
So too is the related expectation that a single training will supply the Lavender Lingo Lexicon (nonexistent-to my knowledge), and having memorized that, all will be peace under the rainbow sticker displayed in the waiting area. The End.
Alas, if knowing the right words were magic, and it was that easy!
While knowing respectful words to use with and ways to address LGBTQIA people are certainly important for providers in establishing rapport and building trust, they by no means guarantee engagement or retention. That’s why the training we’re providing at Northeast & Caribbean ATTC is called “Serving LGBTQIA People - More Than Knowing the Current Lingo.”
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Published: June 1, 2022
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The data is telling us it’s time for a new approach to OUD crisis
By Kimberly A. Johnson, Ph.D.
When I was a provider, I thought, “If the state only gave me more money and reduced regulations, I could treat a lot more people. I know what works.”
When I was the SSA in Maine, I thought, “If the federal government would only give me more money and not have such a reporting burden, I could treat a lot more people. I know what my state needs. I can’t believe what providers try to get away with. I need to write more rules!”
When I was CSAT director, I thought, “If Congress would just give me the money and not micromanage the allocation, I could treat a lot more people. I can’t believe what the states and providers try to get away with. Why can’t they even tell me what they spent the money on?”
Now I am a researcher. I watch what everyone is doing and wonder, “How do we fix this system? Where do we even begin?”
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Published: August 1, 2022
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As a behavioral health professional with over 40 years of experience, it is my strong feeling that identity is the foundation of developing positive “Minority Mental Health.”
I say this as the middle son of five siblings born in the U.S. to Salvadoran immigrants. My dad was raised in a small, rural town in El Salvador. My mother was from a larger city, Santa Ana. My dad immigrated first in the early 1940’s as an art student. He changed career plans by enlisting in the U.S. Army, deploying to the Pacific in World War II. He would be engaged to my mother who had moved to Mexico City to be with relatives. For political reasons many of her family had immigrated to Mexico, and later, Costa Rica.
In 1948, my mother would join my dad. They married and settled in California’s Bay Area, buying a home on the G.I. Loan in a working-class suburb of San Francisco. My dad went to work for Bethlehem Steel, while my mother was a homemaker and later provided elder care to a neighbor.
My most intimate experience with acculturation/assimilation (Choy et al., 2021) was a struggle with my name. Like many immigrants, my parents wanted me to have an “American” name. They named me Freddie, a derivative of Alfredo, my uncle. During adolescence I experienced some dissonance with my name and identity. I was an average student, played high school sports but became more aware of my family’s background. I began feeling the need to embrace my Latino/Salvadoran identity.
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Published: July 1, 2022
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There is a common saying in the field of addiction science: “Nothing about us, without us.” An important reminder during Recovery Month and every month working in the addiction field.
Yet there is still a pronounced absence of systematic feedback from patients in recovery and receiving treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs).
Barriers to engaging individuals in recovery can include social stigma, confidentiality concerns, and fear of exposure or retribution. And yet patients have a wealth of information and guidance on treatment for SUDs and long-term recovery that can benefit the research community, clinicians, and providers, as well as other patients and families.
Published: September 1, 2022
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Oklahoma is home to thriving and diverse communities of American Indian (AI) peoples, including federally recognized AI tribes and over 300,000 residents, making it the state with the of AI Peoples.
As researchers at Oklahoma State University, we are interested in developing and increasing access to culturally-relevant alcohol use treatments and research with AI communities through collaborative research partnerships with local tribes (termed community-based participatory research, or CBPR).
An important step toward this goal is by sharing our work, “An overview of alcohol use interventions with American Indian/Alaska Native Peoples,” published in the Behavior Therapist, which summarizes research findings on drinking among AI peoples and describes cultural considerations when working with these communities on this sensitive topic.
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Published: October 1, 2022
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Contingency management (CM) is an evidence-based practice that uses behavioral reinforcement, like rewards, to shape client behavior toward a treatment goal, such as attending counseling sessions or abstinence.
As a therapeutic approach, CM has been studied extensively in addiction treatment settings for half a century and found reliably effective in the treatment of both opioid use disorder and methamphetamine use disorder, two major contributors to the current overdose epidemic in the U.S.
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Published: November 1, 2022
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Published: August 22, 2022
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Published: September 1, 2022
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Published: May 1, 2022
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Published: May 1, 2022
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Published: December 23, 2022
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Published: May 1, 2022
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Published: April 1, 2022
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Published: September 1, 2022
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Published: September 1, 2022
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Published: September 1, 2022
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Published: August 1, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for seismic change. It has forced many to adapt to new technologies and to innovate solutions in the face of previously unthinkable challenges.
In July, the ATTC Network launched a series of articles about how our centers have gone about meeting those changes while continuing to provide training and technical assistance to those who request it. The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic became an opportunity to begin “Embracing Change.”
We invite readers to explore the whole series on our blog. Links are included in this article.
Published: December 1, 2022
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ATTC Embracing Change blog series post from Southeast ATTC.
Like much of the substance use disorders (SUD) treatment field, South Carolina’s providers experienced the early impact of COVID-19 as a steep rise in the need for services combined with a steep decline in capacity to meet that need. In communities, fear, isolation, loneliness, and financial stress escalated, while social support diminished. Traditionally marginalized populations were disproportionately affected.
Many individuals were already deeply troubled long before the pandemic hit. For decades, more and more people had been:
suffering the effects of early, chronic, intergenerational, historical, and/or racial trauma;
deeply affected by inequities and disparities in the social determinants of health, diminishing their resilience and resources;
afflicted with multiple substance use disorders, mental health conditions, and chronic physical health conditions; and/or
bearing the social, psychological, and financial burdens of years spent in the foster care, juvenile justice, and/or criminal justice systems, or on the street.
Published: October 6, 2022
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ATTC Embracing Change blog series post from Mountain Plains ATTC
The onset of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) in 2020 forced many Substance Use Disorders (SUD) treatment and recovery support providers to rapidly switch to virtual and/or telephone-based services. For some providers, as their proficiency and confidence grew, their adoption of videoconferencing and telephone to deliver services increased.
Shore (2020) predicted that lessons learned during the quick virtualization of behavioral health services, due to the PHE, would create a new hybrid model of service delivery that benefits patients. In this hybrid model, treatment services are inclusive, providing a combination of in-person, online, and telephone sessions, including check-ins or consultations.
The following narrative includes literature support for telephone-based services; guidance from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and recommendations for a new term; and a novel product for SUD treatment/recovery support providers in delivering telephone-based services created by the Pacific Southwest and Mountain Plains ATTCs.
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Published: October 20, 2022
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